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Friday, September 27, 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada today issued two rulings in cases involving drug sniffing dogs: You can access the rulings here and here.

In early coverage, The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update headlined “Supreme Court allows wider use of police ‘sniffer dogs.’

And The Toronto Star has a news update headlined “Supreme Court stands by rules on sniffer dog searches; The Supreme Court has upheld the actions of police officers who acted on ‘reasonable suspicion’ to deploy police dogs to search for drugs.”

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court decides not to weigh in on decision to force Star to name anonymous commenter”: The Indianapolis Star has a news update that begins, “The Indiana Supreme Court has changed its mind and decided not to get involved in a long-running fight over whether The Indianapolis Star must reveal the identity of an anonymous commenter on the newspaper’s website.”

Additional coverage is available from “The Indiana Law Blog.”

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“If You Thought Citizens United Was Bad, Wait for This Supreme Court Case; A Supreme Court ruling in favor of Shaun McCutcheon would set the stage for totally eliminating remaining campaign-finance laws”: Norm Ornstein has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Education, Justice Depts. Issue Race Guidance After Fisher“: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Administration: Colleges should seek diversity.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Obama administration told colleges and universities Friday they can continue to use admissions to increase diversity among their students, even in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that could potentially open the door to more challenges.”

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



Hours after Second Circuit’s reversal of criminal sentence imposed in a child pornography case, Senior U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein fires back: Yesterday I had this post reporting on yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling.

Hours after the ruling, Senior U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein — the sentencing judge in the case — issued this remarkable opinion bemoaning the Second Circuit’s decision.

Today’s edition of The New York Daily News contains an article reporting on yesterday’s developments that begins, “Spare this perv, the Bible commands it. That was the bizarre argument made Thursday by a Brooklyn Federal Court judge scolded for giving a convicted child porn distributor and admitted molester a slap on the wrist.”

Posted at 9:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Utah judge recounts his time on secret surveillance court; Dee Benson, who served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for 7 years, says warrants weren’t just rubber-stamped”: This article appears today in The Salt Lake Tribune.

Posted at 9:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Hands Aren’t Clean in Our National Nightmare; The judicial branch may look like the only functional one, but it has played a crucial role in bringing the nation to its present polarized state”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Marco Rubio Blocks Gay Black Judge’s Nomination To Federal Bench, Puzzling Everyone”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:57 AM by Howard Bashman